Sebastião
PEDROSA
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Education
1970 Degree in Philosophy,
Catholic University of Pernambuco.
1971 Training Course in Art
Education, Escolinha de Arte do
Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.
1973-74 'Visual Studies -
Principi di Forma e di Colore',
International University of Art - Venice - Italy.
1975-76 Art and Design
Education. Middlesex Polytechnic, London.
1977-78 Post Graduate
Diploma in Curriculum Studies in Art and
Design. Birmingham Institute of Art and Design - England.
1980-82 M.A. in Art
Education. Birmingham Institute of Art and
Design - England
1989-93 PhD in Art.
University of Central England, in Birmingham
- England.
1978-85 Lecturing at the
Department of Art and Communication,
Federal University of Paraiba - Brazil
Since 1985 Lecturing at the
Department of Art Theory, Federal
University of Pernambuco - Brazil.
Since 1994 Coordinator
of the Degree Course in Art
Education at the Federal University of Pernambuco.
Solo
Exhibitions
1983 Paintings, Department
of Art and Communication - Federal
University of Paraiba - Brazil
1985 Drawings and Paintings;
José Américo Art
Gallery - João Pessoa - PB.- Brazil
1985 Paintings, Centre for
the Arts and Communication, Federal
University of Pernambuco - Recife - PE.- Brazil
1998 Relicaries; 80 artist's
books; 'Pequeno Formato' Gallery,
Department of Cultural Affair - UFPE - Recife - PE., Brazil.
2000 Relicaries II - 25
artist's Books; ConvivÁrt Gallery;
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - Natal, Brazil.
2000 Prints by
Sebastião Pedrosa and Magnus Hedman: Ist
International Exhibition of Mini-Print - Vitoria 2000 - Museu de Arte
do Espírito Santo - Vitória - Brazil
2002 Prints: "Incunabula and
Myths"- Dumaresq Art Gallery; Recife
- PE., Brazil.
2002 Etchings: "Fragments
from Incunabula and Myths" - Museum of
Prints City of Curitiba - Paraná - Brazil
2003 Secret Writing a series
of 33 etchings at Taller Galeria
Fort, Cadaqués, Spain, for the occasion of the 23rd Mini Print
International of Cadaqués.
Group
Exhibitions
1980 33rd. Official Art
Show; - participation with woodcuttings.
- Museu do Estado de Pernambuco, Recife..
1983 The Sea in a poetic and
ecological vision. Gamela Gallery, -
João Pessoa, - PB. (prize winner).
1983 6th. National Art
Salon; North/ Northeast Pole;
1983 All Men collours;
Gamela Gallery; João Pessoa - PB.
1984 12th. Art Salon for
Beginners- Museum of Contemporary Art-
Olinda - PE. - Brazil
1985 38th. Official Art
Show, Museu do Estado de Pernambuco -
Recife -PE.
1985 13th. Art Salon for
Beginners Museum of Contemporary
Art-Olinda - PE. - Brazil
1986 1st. Panorama of
sculptures and objects from Pernambuco ;
Lula Cardoso Ayres Art Gallery. Recife - PE.
1988 55 Years of Art;
collective accomplished by the teachers
from the Centre for the Arts and Communication, Federal University of
Pernambuco. Recife - PE.
1987 Pernambuco Contemporary
Art Salon, Metropolitan Art Gallery
- Recife -PE.
1987 Multiple Vision of
Recife; Metropolitan Art Gallery, Recife.
1987 1st. Latin American
Festival of Art and Culture; Museum of
Modern Art of Brasília - DF.
1988 2nd. Pernambuco
Contempory Art Salon; Convention Centre of
Pernambuco, Recife - PE.
1988 Art Salon to celebrate
the 35th. anniversary of Escolinha de
Arte do Recife. EAR Gallery.
1989 Art Exhibition.
Solihull Central Library, West Midland -
England.
1989 Paintings; Leiscester
Council Art Department - England.
1992 International
Exhibition "Artist's Books ", Palácio
Galveias, Lisbon - Portugal.
1993 From Cordel to the Art
Gallery; Woodcuts;
Fudação Espaço Cultural da Paraíba -
João Pessoa, Brazil.
1996 Paper Path - Copenhagen
Art Museum - Sweden.
1998 4th Wexford Artists'
Book Festival - Wexford Arts Centre -
Collective of artists' books. Wexford - Ireland.
1998 International
Exhibition of Mini Prints, Centro de Artes de
Terrassa - Barcelona - Spain.
1998 Pottery, Nucleus for
Contemporary Art, João Pessoa -
PB.
1999 5th Wexford Artists'
Book Festival - Wexford Arts Centre -
Collective of artists's books. Wexford - Ireland.
1999 Art Exhibition to
commemorate 25th years of Art Center from
the Federal University of Paraíba - João Pessoa, Brazil.
1999 Ist International
Exhibition of Mini-Print - Vitoria 2000 -
Brazil
2000 International Small
Engraving Salon Carbunari - Florean
Museum - Romania. (selected among the 15 best engravings).
2001 International Small
Engraving Salon Carbunari - Florean
Museum - Romania. (selected among the 15 best engravings).
2002 22nd Mini Print
International - Cadaqués - Barcelona
- Spain. Prizewinner.
Public and
Corporate Collections
· Center for Book
Arts - Broadway, New York. USA
· National Art Library,
Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
· The Nomad Museum - Lisbon
- Portugal.
· Paul Johnson - Paper Art
- Manchester - England.
· Kate van Houten - Paris -
France.
· João Pessoa
Council Cultural Department - Paraiba,
Brazil.
· Department of Cultural
Affair, Federal University of
Pernambuco.